As part of efforts to improve access to quality healthcare, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, on Thursday, flagged off mass distribution of Osun Health Insurance cards to over 69,000 vulnerable citizens in the state.
The initiative is aimed at eliminating the palpable gap between the rich and the poor in accessing quality and qualitative healthcare service delivery.
This is even as the governor reiterated that his Administration’s broad-based economic revitalisation agenda was targeted at putting the economy on safe footing.
Recall that the Osun Health Insurance Agency has successfully enrolled 69,273 vulnerable persons who have been receiving healthcare services in the last two years under the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF).
Speaking at the flag off ceremony, held at Ede High School, Ede, Governor Oyetola said the ceremony marked a watershed in the Administration’s quest to ensure that no one was left behind in accessing qualitative healthcare.
Oyetola noted that a sum of N150 million was released as take-off grant for the agency and over N477 million as equity grant meant for the premium for the poor, the needy and the vulnerable within the first year in office.
The government had equally established the OHIS Drug Distribution Centre which is now supplying medicines and consumables to 16 OHIS-accredited government secondary health facilities across the state.
In his welcome address, the chairman of the Osun Health Insurance Agency Governing Board, Andrew Adeoye Adelakun, lauded Oyetola’s commitment to the Scheme, noting that the initiative has been sustained by the tenacity of the governor.
In his remark, the Timi of Ede, Oba Munirudeen Adesola Lawal, commended Oyetola for keeping his promises to the people, adding that “it is both a mark of responsible leadership and true democracy.”
Also speaking, the Executive Secretary of the Osun Health Insurance Agency, Dr. Niyi Oginni, who outlined the achievements of the Agency, lauded Oyetola for giving life to the Scheme which has now become a reference point for other Health Insurance Agencies in the country.
